User guide

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To specify email properties:

1. Click Email in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Email Server Properties window

will open.

2. Type a new address for the SMTP server that sends email notifications as a domain name or an

IP address in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

3. If your SMTP server requires login credentials, select Login required to access SMTP server

and type a user name and password, then confirm the password.

4. Click Save to store DSView software email property information in the DSView software

database on the host.

Unit status polling

To use unit status polling:

1. Click Unit Status Polling in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Unit Status Polling

Properties window will open.

2. Select Enable unit status polling.

3. Type the number of seconds to wait between polling cycles (from 30-999 seconds). The

default is 900 seconds (15 minutes). A smaller value results in greater accuracy.

4. Type the number of managed appliances that may simultaneously be polled to obtain status

information (from 1-25 units). The default is 5. A larger number results in faster speed.

5. Click Save to store unit status property information in the DSView software database on

the host.

Manually Backing up and Restoring Hub Servers

NOTE: You may only restore a DSView software hub server with a backup archive made using an identical

DSView management software version. For example, you may not restore a hub server running DSView

management software version 3.1 using a backup archive made with DSView management software 3.0.

You may manually create a backup of your hub server. Two methods are available:

• From a command line in an MS-DOS window. This method may be used for DSView software

hub servers on supported Windows or Linux systems.

• Using the Backup and Restore Utility delivered with the DSView software. The backup is

saved as a .zip file containing the files needed to restore the DSView management software.

This method may be used for DSView software hub servers on supported Windows

systems only.

Client sessions will be temporarily disconnected during a manual backup. The sessions will be

automatically reconnected when the backup is completed.